Should protests be allowed at executions?

Lawrence Russell Brewer, one of the three men convicted in the 1998 James Byrd Jr. dragging death, will be executed Wednesday. So far, no one has publicly offered evidence that he is not guilty. Still protestors are expected in Huntsville including comedian and Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory, who will fast outside the prison in protest of the death penalty. In Georgia, protesters have started to gather in Atlanta, to denounce the execution of Troy Davis, scheduled for Wednesday. Several of those who testified against him in his murder trial have recanted their testimony.

Should protests be allowed at executions?

Yes. The First Amendment gives us all that right.

No. Our legal system works well. Brewer got a fair punishment for a heinous murder.